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متقلب mutaqallib, also متقلب الأطوار (or الأحوال) wavering, vacillating, changeable, variable, inconstant, unsteady, fickle, capricious
Root: ق-ل-ب
Page: 919*
Example: “كانَ في تِلكَ الأَيّامِ مُتَقَلِّبَ المِزاج”
Translation: “he was, in those days, mercurial”
Notes:
- The phrases متقلب المزاج and متقلب الأطوار/الأحوال are examples of The False/Adjective إضافة
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* The Hans Wehr Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th Edition
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